New insurance guidelines would undermine rules of the Affordable Care Act
on Mar, 2018-12-04 10:26 Alyssa
The Trump administration is urging states to tear down pillars of the Affordable Care Act, demolishing a basic rule that federal insurance subsidies can be used only by people buying health plans in marketplaces created under the law.
According to advice issued Thursday by federal health officials, states should be free to redefine the use of those subsidies, which began in 2014. They represent the first help the government ever has offered middle-class consumers to afford monthly premiums for private insurance.
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[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-insurance-guidelines-would-undermine-rules-of-the-affordable-care-act/2018/11/29/ff467f46-f357-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xSJdvmR3HnPsOka665ixnWr7W66URCPaFfDiukTds1rvTP57fqAkW9OcSY7LNIXRKIdKCKagLRC-60ewdLVTbyF9L1w&_hsmi=67947654&utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_content=67947654&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hs_email&utm_term=.320abd1997da